Sentence examples for flagship position from inspiring English sources

The star Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has pulled out of two productions and in effect left his flagship position at the Opera of Rome, provoking dismay and hand-wringing over the state of classical music in his native country.

The price cut was an admission that Marlboro's name was no longer sufficient to sustain the flagship position, which in a context where image is equity meant that Marlboro had blinked.

After arriving, she replaced the cruiser as the squadron flagship, a position she would hold for the rest of her career.

The ship resumed her position as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet in October after her refit was completed, but Provence assumed that role in October 1927 when Bretagne began another refit to repair her boilers.

Grace of Monaco's position as the flagship film of Cannes 2014 is entirely reasonable, as it ticks all the boxes the festival could want.

Best Buy, the nation's biggest electronics chain, is in the unique position of selling flagship handsets for each cellular network — unlike the carriers, whose stores offer only phones that work on their own networks.

Now, as BMW's resurrected coupe flagship, it will take its position alongside the 7-Series sedan flagship for a similar price (the 7-Series' base price is $69,195).

When Kaiser Wilhelm II was commissioned into the fleet, she assumed the position of fleet flagship; she held this position until 1906.

Minotaur finally commissioned in Portsmouth as the flagship of the Channel Fleet, a position which she retained until 1873.

She joined the Pacific Fleet at San Diego in August 1945 and the next month she steamed for Guam, becoming the flagship of Task Force 77, a position she held until 23 August 1946.

After the outbreak of the First World War, the Royal Navy was reorganized; the Home Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet were combined to form the Grand Fleet Iron Dukee retained her position as fleet flagship, under John Jellicoe.